Covid makes that only 90% of women feel worse worst
Pandemic stress exacerbates the symptoms of PMS for many people. The experts told us why.
Pandemic coronavirus has made it more difficult. Social distancing, working from home, financial worries and health, and other changes in daily life can increase stress for many. And thatStress can affect your physical health in different ways. For example, if you had a more intense experience with premenstrual syndrome (PMS) during the pandemic, you are not alone. Doctors say that exacerbated PM could be linked to the coronavirus pandemic.
PMS is a group of symptoms that can affect "emotions, physical health and behavior" of a person "during certain days of themenstrual cycle, usually just before [...] menstrations ", by Satherline. It affects about 90% of women. And some people reported that their symptoms became more painful and / or uncomfortable because coronavirus began to spread.
In an OP-ED for NBC News thinks,Allison Hopewrote about recognizing thatHis own PMS Seeing more severe than usual lately and talking about experts as well as other people who also noticed a difference. A woman said that her own symptoms were so debilitating that she thought I had contracted Covid-19.
So, why is the PMS manufacturing pandemic even worse about those who cross it every month?
"Stress can definitely affect hormones produced by ovaries, thyroid glands, adrenals and more-all can exacerbate the PMS"Felice Gersh, MD, Founder and Director ofIntegrative medical group, RecountBetter life."Certainly, the Pandemic of Covid-19 hasIncreased stress levelsAnd therefore, PMs should worsen. "
As a result of an increase in stress levels, the body goes into overdrive by trying to make more cortisol balancing the overvoltage of adrenaline, explainsAlisa Vittiauthor of the FLO and the founder ofFLO LIVING.
"The problem is that your adrenal glands have enough building blocks to do as much time for a day," she says. "Once you have burned this adrenal reserve and still need more cortisol to produce something happens called a" precipitation of grommes ".' at first, it disrupts the production of progesterone in favor of The manufacture of more cortisol of this grindenolone. This will certainly make the symptoms of your PMS during the first month more sharp - because the PMs take place when the hormonal ratio of estrogen is greater than the progesterone. "
The results of this imbalance can include irritability, mood swings, depression, anxiety, migraines, insomnia, fatigue and brain, according to Vitti.
Gersh adds that "it has been shown that" it has been shown that "the PMS has been shown that" PMS involve changes to the operation of the autonomic nervous system and an increase in the sympathetic component and the reduction of parasympathetic ". That is manifest in a state of increased anxiety andDisturbances of sleepThus, what has an impact on your circadian rhythm, which can give you more by modifying the control of mood and appetite.
In addition to giving yourself symptoms of reinforced PMS, stress can also disrupt the menstrual cycle, make erratic hormones and eventually spoil bleeding intervals, "saysKimberly Langdon, Obgyn and Medical AdvisorHealth Medzino. The circle continues. "Desperate cycles lead to more stress," she says.
Talking at NBC News, Psychotherapist and AuthorAmy morinThat said, while "the practice of healthy health management strategies could be essential to reduce symptoms", it may be difficult to enact these strategies because of the pandemic.
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Gersh recommends constituting an image "yoga, meditation or guided" in your life to help manage PMs. [People with PMS] need excellent sleep routines, sun exposure, exercise, magnesium supplementation, and an antioxidant plants, polyphenols. And fibers, "she says." They also need to eat a big breakfast and not eat at night. "
Although these can look like simple steps, change your restoration routine, download a meditation application and have a good night's sleep regularly can make the symptoms of PMS more endurable the next time they come.
For more information on pandemic worries, checkYour stress of Covid could cause this deadly heart disease, finds the study.
